Archaeohippus
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archaeohippus-207-8331776
title:
Archaeohippus
text:
Archaeohippus is an extinct three toed member of the family Equidae known from fossils of early Oligocene to middle Miocene age. The genus is noted for several distinct skeletal features. The skull possesses deeply pocketed fossa in a notably long preorbital region. The genus is considered an example of phyletic dwarfism with adults estimated at being on average 20 kilograms in weight. This is in contrast to the most common equid of the period, Miohippus. Characters of the teeth show a mix of bo
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of mammals
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeohippus
date created:
2009-01-23T07:58:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T00:09:43Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Archaeohippus_AMNH.jpg","width":1118,"height":843}
fields total:
13
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